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Eyeless Mexican Cavefish Save Energy by Eliminating the Circadian Rhythm in Metabolism
The eyed surface form and eyeless cave form of the Mexican tetra Astyanax mexicanus experience stark differences in the daily periodicities of light, food and predation, factors which are likely to have a profound influence on metabolism. We measured the metabolic rate of Pachón cave and surface fis...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2014
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4176717/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25251018 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0107877 |